Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “gaffed” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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77 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
gaffed	14	42	1020	(None)
baffed	15	48	1217	1	baffed
daffed	14	42	949	1	daffed
gaffe	12	41	1165	1	gaffe_
gaffer	13	43	1013	1	gaffer
gaffes	13	48	1110	1	gaffes
naffed	13	40	833	1	naffed
waffed	16	45	979	1	waffed
yaffed	16	45	732	1	yaffed
baffled	16	41	806	2	baffled
barfed	12	54	1638	2	barfed
biffed	15	44	988	2	biffed
boffed	15	36	948	2	boffed
buffed	15	43	1314	2	buffed
chaffed	19	38	770	2	chaffed
cuffed	15	43	1121	2	cuffed
doffed	14	42	850	2	doffed
gabbed	12	52	1689	2	gabbed
gabled	10	55	1845	2	gabled
gadded	10	39	1317	2	gadded
gaed	6	60	3151	2	ga__ed
gaff	11	48	2815	2	gaff__
gaffers	14	42	871	2	gaffers
gaffs	12	49	1465	2	gaff_s
gaged	8	55	2231	2	ga_ged
gagged	10	48	1715	2	gagged
gained	8	46	1746	2	gained
gaited	8	44	1692	2	gaited
galled	8	46	2286	2	galled
gamed	9	51	2639	2	ga_med
gammed	12	42	1616	2	gammed
ganged	9	46	1920	2	ganged
gaoled	8	48	1450	2	gaoled
gaped	9	61	2353	2	ga_ped
gapped	12	42	1712	2	gapped
garbed	10	48	1566	2	garbed
garred	8	52	1741	2	garred
gashed	11	63	2197	2	gashed
gasped	10	48	1429	2	gasped
gassed	8	52	1763	2	gassed
gasted	8	48	2158	2	gasted
gated	7	53	2977	2	ga_ted
gauffer	14	7	442	2	gauffer
gauged	9	47	1347	2	gauged
gaumed	10	46	1032	2	gaumed
gawked	15	46	876	2	gawked
gawped	13	50	907	2	gawped
gazed	16	55	2033	2	ga_zed
gifted	11	45	1070	2	gifted
goffer	13	40	951	2	goffer
golfed	11	56	976	2	golfed
goofed	11	49	1138	2	goofed
grafted	12	41	1022	2	grafted
gruffed	15	4	494	2	gruffed
gulfed	11	48	1001	2	gulfed
haffet	15	3	1170	2	haffet
hafted	13	47	1383	2	hafted
huffed	16	37	1015	2	huffed
luffed	13	38	1082	2	luffed
malfed	12	36	976	2	malfed
miffed	15	39	871	2	miffed
muffed	15	42	1059	2	muffed
offed	12	35	916	2	_offed
piaffed	16	9	375	2	piaffed
puffed	15	35	1060	2	puffed
quaffed	23	3	425	2	quaffed
raffled	14	42	908	2	raffled
rafted	10	47	1470	2	rafted
reffed	13	47	1251	2	reffed
riffed	13	38	1156	2	riffed
ruffed	13	43	1274	2	ruffed
staffed	14	29	828	2	staffed
tiffed	13	36	839	2	tiffed
waffled	17	35	752	2	waffled
wafted	13	40	1214	2	wafted
waifed	13	40	1103	2	waifed
zaffer	21	39	715	2	zaffer

Search took 5 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	82551	0.686	260482.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	77	3.983	20725.8
3	Display Results	77	77	0.016	4812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	77	4.685	38141.1